Category Archives: Pasta

So I gave you a recipe for Marinara Sauce and now it’s only right that I give you a great recipe for Pesto Sauce. Yes this sauce is a bit heavier on the calories because it is an oil based sauce and has pine nuts in the recipe but it is absolutely delicious.

There is a Kosher Dairy Restaurant in New York called “My Most Favorite Food” http://www.mymostfavorite.com/which serves the most amazing Farfalle Pasta with Pesto Sauce and ever since I tasted it there I was hooked.

I made it this week and served it with pasta but it’s not only a pasta sauce. Pesto sauce is often served with salad as a dressing, put into grilled cheese sandwiches or on top of chicken. I also like putting pesto sauce when I make avocado/feta veggie wraps. It is totally up to you!

So here goes:

Ingredients:

· 12oz Olive Oil

· 3 oz toasted pine nuts

· 6 oz Basil Leave- Cleaned and Chopped

· 1 Tablespoon Garlic

· 4oz Parmesan Cheese ( if you want to serve the sauce with a meat dish omit the Parmesan cheese)

· Salt and Pepper to taste

Preparation:

Place 1/3 of the oil in a blender or food processor and add all the remaining ingredients.

Blend/Process until smooth then add the remaining olive oil and blend for a few more seconds.

Mmm Marinara Sauce is by far one of my favorite sauces. It’s a southern Italian tomato sauce. I definitely take after my mom when it comes to my love for any dish with marinara sauce… pasta, broccoli, Shakshuka (Israeli style omelet with tomato sauce), you name it ! The fact that Marinara sauce is low in calories is of course an added bonus!

Today I will give you a great Marinara sauce recipe and show you the pictures of the pasta dish I made with it.

Marinara Sauce

Ingredients:

Whole peeled tomatoes – 15oz can

Spanish Onion- 10oz

Olive Oil- 4oz

Garlic finely minced- 2 tablespoons

Basil Leaves, fresh, chopped – 8 large leaves

Bay leaves- 2 each

Dried Basil- 1 Tablespoon

Dried oregano 1 Tablespoon

Dried Red Pepper Flakes- ¼ teaspoon

Salt and Pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. Place tomatoes in bowl of food processor and puree. Finely mince onions.